What is the purpose of this domain?

The purpose of this domain is to measure the rate of recorded crime for four major volume crime types: burglary, theft, criminal damage and violence, representing the risk of personal and material victimisation at a small-area level.

How this is measured

The indicators used to measure this aspect of deprivation are:

• Burglary (four recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005)
• Theft (five recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005)
• Criminal damage (10 recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005)
• Violence (14 recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005)

What are the results

• 3% of Shropshire's population live within the most deprived fifth of areas in England and 48% live within the least deprived fifth
• Levels of crime in the county are relatively low. The most deprived areas fall mostly within the urban areas of the county
• The most deprived SOA is located within the electoral ward of Castle in Oswestry

How to find out more

Please select the attachments on this page to view the Crime Information Sheets 2004 and 2007.

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